On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 11:00:55AM -0700, Maren Peasley wrote:
> I just completed getting a few UML guests online. I want to separate
> two guests by a switch (ideally) without giving the UML host any
> network connections to those machines.
>
> My setup:
>
> UML host (Ubuntu 6.10)
> UML guest #A (DSL) - will be a router
> UML guest #B (DSL) - will be another router
> UML guest #C (DSL) - will be a switch
>
> I would like A to be able to reach B through C.
>
> Presently, my UML host (Ubuntu 6.10) has multiple "tap" interfaces
> with a corresponding "eth" interface on the UML guest. My intent is
> to be able to still have console access (or some alternative access to
> the routers) and have no extra network adapaters appear to the UML
> guests so that a "redistribute connected" under quagga or zebra
> routing software will not provide a "way out" for packets in my
> network.
>
> Does this make sense?
Connecting them with the UML switch would make sense in this case.
> Also, do you know of any way to perform VLAN functionality on the UML switch?
Neither the UML network drivers or the switch understand VLAN tags, so no.
Jeff
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